Madison Heights vs Wixom

A side-by-side comparison of Madison Heights and Wixom: population, income, housing, and more.

Madison Heights and Wixom are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Madison Heights has the higher population (28,411 vs 17,126 in Wixom). Wixom has the higher median household income ($68,319 vs $66,726 in Madison Heights). Wixom has the higher median home value ($336,200 vs $190,300 in Madison Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Madison Heights	Wixom
Population	28,411	17,126
Median age	40.8 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,726	$68,319
Median home value	$190,300	$336,200
Median gross rent	$1,138	$974
Housing units	14,690	8,743
Homeownership rate	63.8%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison Heights	Wixom
Population	30,120 → 28,411 (-5.7%)	13,902 → 17,126 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$53,439 → $66,726 (+24.9%)	$53,259 → $68,319 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$124,000 → $190,300 (+53.5%)	$249,300 → $336,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,138 (+17.7%)	$745 → $974 (+30.7%)

Madison Heights

Population

30,12028,411

Median household income

$53,439$66,726

Median home value

$124,000$190,300

Median gross rent

$967$1,138

Wixom

Population

13,90217,126

Median household income

$53,259$68,319

Median home value

$249,300$336,200

Median gross rent

$745$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Madison Heights	Wixom
Under 5	4.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	10.9%	9.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	19.1%	21.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.7%
75 and over	8.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison Heights	Wixom
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	73.7%
Black or African American	7.4%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.4%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison Heights	Wixom
No high school diploma	10.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	27.1%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison Heights	Wixom
Drove alone	72.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.1%	12.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison Heights	Wixom
1-unit, detached	68.6%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	22.6%
20 or more units	9.9%	27.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Madison Heights	Wixom
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.7%
Average household size	2.07	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1960	1985